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Does Türkiye Build Its Own Submarines? MİLDEN and Reis
Not yet — and the honest answer matters more than the slogan. Every submarine in...
Roketsan has test-fired its LEVENT naval point-defence missile from a standalone launcher configuration and struck...
Countries buy Turkish armoured vehicles for three reasons their own procurement agencies have put on...
Skydagger, the Baykar-backed drone maker that built its business exporting disposable FPV attack drones by...
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on September 19 that Ankara "would have no issues"...
A foreign government buying Turkish defence equipment has three routes. It can sign directly with...
Defense Exports & Cooperation
Does Türkiye Build Its Own Submarines? MİLDEN and Reis
Türkiye builds submarines under German licence at Gölcük but has never designed or exported one. Where MİLDEN, the Reis class...
Baykar
SİVRİSİNEK Drone Reportedly Spotted in Azerbaijani Service
Images suggest Baykar's SİVRİSİNEK loitering munition is in Azerbaijani service in Nakhchivan, though neither Ankara nor Baku has confirmed any...
Missiles & Air Defense
TAYFUN Blok-2 Missile: Land Forces Take Delivery of a Third Batch
Türkiye's Land Forces received a third batch of Roketsan's TAYFUN Blok-2 missile in 2026, MSB says, as HÜRKUŞ-II's acceptance ceremony...
Baykar
Bayraktar KALKAN Makes First Flight From TCG Anadolu as PİRANA Sinks Target
A VTOL drone launched from TCG Anadolu and MKE's PİRANA kamikaze boat destroyed a target as Türkiye's Denizkurdu-I/2026 naval exercise...
Air Defense Systems
ASELSAN, ROKETSAN Sign €1.23 Billion Air Defence Deal
ASELSAN will supply air defence sub-components worth €1.23 billion to ROKETSAN, a KAP filing shows, as Türkiye scales up its...
Defense Companies
Turkish Defence Factories Abroad: Where Türkiye Builds
Turkish firms own plants in Italy, Romania, the US and Egypt — but mostly minority stakes elsewhere. Who owns what...
Defense Companies
Altınay Defense Opens UK Subsidiary in Push for ‘Global 100’
Turkish supplier Altınay Defense has opened a UK subsidiary, Altınay Aerospace Technologies International, to expand exports and NATO industry ties.
Air Defense Systems
Turaç Unveils Drone Kalkanı, a Shotgun-Armed Anti-Drone Turret
Turkish ammunition maker Turaç has unveiled Drone Kalkanı, a twin-shotgun turret that shreds small drones at 150 metres, debuting at...
Land Systems
Roketsan’s KARAOK Anti-Tank Missile Scores First Hit on Aerial Target
Roketsan says its man-portable KARAOK anti-tank missile has hit an aerial target for the first time, adding a possible counter-drone...
Defense Exports & Cooperation
Turkish DUMRUL Mini Helicopter Debuts at NATO’s REPMUS 2026
TITRA Teknoloji's DUMRUL mini unmanned helicopter is flying mission scenarios at NATO-adjacent exercise REPMUS 2026 in Portugal, a first for...
An application in which the on-board medical infrastructure of TCG Anadolu is supported by high-speed...
Most coverage of Turkish defence exports goes to drones and missiles. It rarely mentions the...
İMECE, Turkey's first domestically designed and produced high-resolution observation satellite, continues its mission in space,...
Turkish Aerospace, ASELSAN and MKE spent three days this week showing Egyptian officers and foreign...
Türkiye's state ordnance maker MKE has confirmed that its URAN vehicle-mounted 105mm howitzer is close...
Export talks continue in Turkey's rotary-wing and trainer aircraft segment. The T129 ATAK attack helicopter,...
CTech, the communications-systems subsidiary of Turkish Aerospace, used MSPO 2026 in Kielce to pitch NATO...
The partnership FNSS has established with a European company for its PARS ALPHA armoured vehicle...
The Bayraktar KIZILELMA is Türkiye's first indigenous unmanned combat aircraft, a jet-powered platform developed by...
Turkey's navy closed out its largest fleet exercise of the year with two firsts: an...
Türkiye's aircraft engines are built almost entirely by one company: TEI, TUSAŞ Engine Industries, at...
Turkish Aerospace subsidiary CTech signed a cooperation memorandum with Estonian battlefield-communications startup Wayren at MSPO...